For the
music lovers.
If
you love music you can visit Poland in different times of the year and you
will surely choose something from
a big variety of music festivals. Look at this offer.
Every June, the streets,
squares and buildings of Krakow's Kazimierz are filled with
visitors who come to
take part in the Jewish Cultural Festival. It has been organized for 12
years, and in this relatively short time it's become one of the most
fascinating festivals of its type in the world. There's music, dance,
film, theatre, the visual arts, literature and workshops.
The final concert has become a symbol of the co-existence of
preserved tradition and new currents in contemporary art.
In Krakow, since 1988 the
International Street Theatre Festival has been taking place in the Market
Square during the first two weeks of July.
The troupes
bring poetry into everyday life, or give impressive displays of
acrobatics.
Next, in late August, you can
go to Zakopane to see the International Highland Folklore Festival. Folk
dance from all over the world
come to the capital of the Polish Tatras.
One of the oldest and biggest folk culture festivals in Europe is the
Beskid Culture Week, which carries on the tradition of the Mountains
Festival. In nine days at the end of July, a lot of concerts
take place in many places, mainly in Wisła, Szczyrk, Żywiec
and Oświęcim.
In Ciechocinek, a famous spa
town, you can take part in the Festival of Romany Culture and Song. It's
the biggest Romany cultural festival in Europe.
From May to September, there
are Chopin’s concerts in Warsaw's Łazienki Park every Sunday, and
in July and August famous pianists may be heard during the Chopin Festival
in Duszniki Zdrój, a spa town in the Sudetan Mountains.
Gdynia Summer Jazz Days are
organised in July since 1993.
Rawa Blues Festival takes
place in a huge exhibition hall in Katowice .
This international festival has confirmed Silesia as the home of
Polish blues music. Performances
by blues legends attract fans from all over Europe.